British designer John Galliano leaves Maison Margiela after 10 years, his 'wings mended'

MILAN (AP) — British designer John Galliano is leaving the Maison Margiela fashion house after 10 years as artistic director, the Paris-based brand’s owner Wednesday. No successor has been announced. “John made it the most cutting-edge couture house in the world,’’ said...

Death toll in Italy fuel depot blast rises to 5

ROME (AP) — Rescuers found the body of the last missing person on Tuesday at the site of a fuel depot explosion in Italy's central Tuscany region, bringing the death toll to five, Italian media reported. The blast on Monday caused the collapse of a building with offices, injuring...

Italy fuel depot blast kills 2 and injures more than a dozen. 3 others missing

MILAN (AP) — An explosion at a fuel depot in the central Italian region of Tuscany on Monday killed at least two people and injured 14 others, authorities said. The blast collapsed a building with offices, where three people were believed missing, regional environmental official...

Music Review: The National bring a burst of energy to their brooding music on live album, 'Rome'

The National brings an abundance of energy for a brooding, middle-aged indie rock band, as evidenced on their new live album, “Rome.” The 21-track, two-LP album — recorded in concert at the Parco della Musica auditorium in Italy's capital in June — is a fan-friendly...

Explosion at fuel depot in central Italy leaves two dead, seven injured

Milan's Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo's Last Supper

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening Sunday of Palazzo Citterio, home to one of the world’s most important collections of 20th...

La Scala's gala season premiere vanquished bad-luck vibes around long-absent Verdi opera

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” for its gala season premiere Saturday for the first time in 59 years, determined to shake the opera's reputation for bringing bad luck. The production conducted by Riccardo...

American tenor Brian Jagde gets last-minute call to sing in La Scala's gala season premiere

MILAN (AP) — American tenor Brian Jagde was just wrapping up Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in Barcelona last month when he got a last-minute offer to sing the same role in La Scala’s gala season premiere this Saturday, arguably the opera world’s most prestigious gig. ...

Kate Hamill delivers a 'feminist primal scream' with her new play 'The Light and the Dark'

NEW YORK (AP) — The inspiration for Kate Hamill's latest play came from across centuries and the planet. The actor-playwright was honeymooning in Italy in 2020 when she walked into the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and spotted a painting by pioneering Baroque painter Artemisia...

Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95

Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 340th day of 2024. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, died at age 95. Also on this date: ...